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the vat tax wouldn't hold government to a tighter belt. guest: if you eliminate all deductions, a lot people would not necessarily have to see their taxes go up if you also lower tax rates and you can make a simpler tax code. a lot people are in favor of that. on the other hand, a lot of people think that it is good to encourage home ownership. it is good to make sure that employers are providing health insurance and that is not being taxed, and if people are paying their state and local taxes, we should give them a break and not tax that. they're definitely reasons and rationales behind the biggest tax breaks. host: laura tweeted in, raise everyone's rates a little rather than some a lot. next call, carl from kansas, line for independents. caller: i think we need to quit worrying about the taxes and go for welfare reform. i know a lady here in kansas who has three kids. all her food, doctor bills, prescriptions -- she doesn't pay any taxes. how does she get money back? guest: if you are not working, you're not going to be paying payroll t
the vat tax wouldn't hold government to a tighter belt. guest: if you eliminate all deductions, a lot people would not necessarily have to see their taxes go up if you also lower tax rates and you can make a simpler tax code. a lot people are in favor of that. on the other hand, a lot of people think that it is good to encourage home ownership. it is good to make sure that employers are providing health insurance and that is not being taxed, and if people are paying their state and local taxes,...
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the more you think about government, led government can and should focus on our things in their control and that can get done. a lot of what creates innovation is outside of government control even though it is important to get done. the most important thing right now is that government has 100% of
the more you think about government, led government can and should focus on our things in their control and that can get done. a lot of what creates innovation is outside of government control even though it is important to get done. the most important thing right now is that government has 100% of
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government spending is above what it was before the recession. business investment, that area is what continues to lag. in your view, do you think raising taxes on the two marginal rates as well as capital gains dividends, does that encourage more business investment in the economy? >> the threat of those increases is a very big negative. mr. brady, one of the things economists use when they teach graduate classes is something called the handbook of public economics. you had to study that, too, mark. i know i did. one of the later editions, there is a chapter on how taxes effect business spending. we go into a very gory detail about how negative this can be. if the dividend tax is going to go up, a lot of firms would be hurt significantly by that. they would be paring back their capital spending in anticipation of higher taxes in the future. businesses will look to the future when they decide what they're going to do. they are not investing. you see it's in the investment data. it is why this recovery has been so slow. businesses have a lot of ca
government spending is above what it was before the recession. business investment, that area is what continues to lag. in your view, do you think raising taxes on the two marginal rates as well as capital gains dividends, does that encourage more business investment in the economy? >> the threat of those increases is a very big negative. mr. brady, one of the things economists use when they teach graduate classes is something called the handbook of public economics. you had to study...
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>> this will be run by the government. what additional tools can we bring to the governor's to provide additional resources and what can we do to support small businesses? >> at the very end, use of the budget request for what we think is boy to be needed, as we look at the numbers coming members of the requests, is a possible that some of what will make the number lower is they will not be able to rebuild? >> that's exactly what i was saying. particularly in the fema programs, it is a unique funding source. those bonds do not expire. we get a preparations annually in for the disasters that we have had a and we make sure we have bonds available to respond to the next disaster. it is not just about spending this much raw in this disaster this year, but it is also keeping the standards. when congress fully funded that, it was also to provide the faunas out for something like this. but you have to be ready to go. our annual appropriation does not only the total figure for a disaster. it is what we expect it to the extent and
>> this will be run by the government. what additional tools can we bring to the governor's to provide additional resources and what can we do to support small businesses? >> at the very end, use of the budget request for what we think is boy to be needed, as we look at the numbers coming members of the requests, is a possible that some of what will make the number lower is they will not be able to rebuild? >> that's exactly what i was saying. particularly in the fema...
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tanner, who is better at running these programs, the state governments or federal governments? guest: states have very different economic climates. what is going on the dakotas right now, they're not even eligible for this emergency unemployment extended benefits, versus new york, which has the highest level of weeks allowed right now because of their differing unemployment rates. guest: it is administered by states. i think a lot of the state programs are too restrictive in their eligibility and have to look capps. there are some important steps forward in the american recovery act -- too low caps. there are some important steps forward and the american recovery act. i do not see a lot of prospects for much greater federal involvement any time soon. host: mableton, illinois on the line for independents. caller: i want to direct this to mr. tanner. i have never been in debt. i have a retirement, have a very nice pension from the state of california bar when i was a state police officer. -- for when i was a state police officer. we're not putting enough emphasis on what has happ
tanner, who is better at running these programs, the state governments or federal governments? guest: states have very different economic climates. what is going on the dakotas right now, they're not even eligible for this emergency unemployment extended benefits, versus new york, which has the highest level of weeks allowed right now because of their differing unemployment rates. guest: it is administered by states. i think a lot of the state programs are too restrictive in their eligibility...
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i would urge people to think about -- the second treatise of government. markey is looking better and better in the middle east. if there is one country -- monarchy is looking better and better in the middle east. if there is one country that has figured it out, it is morocco. >> my basic argument for the proposition on our side of the debate is an argument for reality. open your eyes and seeing where we are today, two years into these uprisings and changes. in region of the world just narrowly focused on the middle east, which has about 20 countries, the vaccine political change in four of them. -- you have seen political change in four of them. we're at the start of a process. our response from washington has been very philosophical and intellectual, but not very operational. this process is moving forward. when you look at the demographic, social, economic pressures that these societies face -- as some of these countries, political islamist forces will come to power. politics is becoming much more complicated in the middle east. what worries me the most
i would urge people to think about -- the second treatise of government. markey is looking better and better in the middle east. if there is one country -- monarchy is looking better and better in the middle east. if there is one country that has figured it out, it is morocco. >> my basic argument for the proposition on our side of the debate is an argument for reality. open your eyes and seeing where we are today, two years into these uprisings and changes. in region of the world just...
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if we don't get the government -- government's paying for this health care, but the private sector is the one that's writing the bills. you need to do something about the private sector section of the medical system. get 100,000 people to send their bills to you from the hospital and make these people justify these outrageous costs they are charging the government. host: congressman welch. guest: he's got a point. the cost is unbelievable. anybody who's been to the hospital as hes is, you not only get that bill, but you get a bill for the stay in the surgery room, you get a bill from the anaesthesiologist. it's peacework -- piecework billing. what we have is this fee-for-service system here which encourages volume. if you have a incentive, it will produce results. the results that are produced for the fee-for-service system you is get a lot of services offered that many times are not necessary. so that's what -- he's got a good example of how the cost is really beyond the control of any consumer. he gets sent to the doctor. next thing you know he's getting an angioplasty, he's getting
if we don't get the government -- government's paying for this health care, but the private sector is the one that's writing the bills. you need to do something about the private sector section of the medical system. get 100,000 people to send their bills to you from the hospital and make these people justify these outrageous costs they are charging the government. host: congressman welch. guest: he's got a point. the cost is unbelievable. anybody who's been to the hospital as hes is, you not...
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own government. caller: my concern is over the cost of using contractors. they have so many different business models that the government cannot control. we need to have a more flexible way to control what we do and what we do not do. it is almost impossible to stop serving today without this tremendous cost. -- something today without this tremendous cost. contracting is going to hire more than any other category of employment. however going to maintain a contract force that is going to continually rising cost -- rise in cost? guest: one of the reason we have so many contractors is we have taken those forces out of the military. rather than having a lot of people in uniform, which we might pay for for 30 years on the possibility that we go to war in iraq or afghanistan, we rely on contractors. contractors can be expensive, if you need to use them. if you have them on standby with a number of major companies who do this kind of thing, you are paying a minimal amount. we pay them some amount of money,
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big government is not effective government. big government has never worked. it is easy to sell, but when you put it into practice, it has failed each and every time. the government has never been able to sustain a vibrant middle class. if any people under should know that, it is us. we need to look no further than our own communities to see where the answers are to our challenges like. it starts with strong and stable families. it continues with a civil society filled with people working together to improve their country. with a thriving enterprise economy that creates good paying jobs and can draw upon people with skills to do those jobs, government's role is to support those institutions and those policies that strengthen the family and the community, to implement row-growth policy, the free enterprise economy that termites -- that promotes middle-class jobs. the emergence of a strong, vibrant and growing 21st-century american middle class is the answer to the most pressing challenge we face. think about it -- millions americans with jobs that pay more mean
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we are not here for the government's spending. we have a right to earn our own money, to keep what we have come not to pay off the things that we share. most of that other stuff that happens, we should be going to the states to handle it. right now because of the potential of riots, let's stop the business welfare and then let's stop the personal welfare spending stop making people dependent. host: we will keep this conversation going by let me give you some other headlines. "the los angeles times" this morning -- "the wall street journal" says this about the situation in syria -- it is the front page of "the new york times" this morning, and they say this -- peter baker and bryan gordon write in "the new york times" -- then, also we are doing a segment on syria taking a deeper dive into this issue on sunday here on the "washington journal ." moving on to the situation in israel. five nations some men envoys of israel. also, some other headlines for you. "the baltimore sun" -- next to that, president obama suggests a revamp of the
we are not here for the government's spending. we have a right to earn our own money, to keep what we have come not to pay off the things that we share. most of that other stuff that happens, we should be going to the states to handle it. right now because of the potential of riots, let's stop the business welfare and then let's stop the personal welfare spending stop making people dependent. host: we will keep this conversation going by let me give you some other headlines. "the los...
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government to do a few things. push mali to ensure the grievances of all northern residents are heard, not just those who have taken up arms. the second would be it for them to adopt a communications strategy and respond to it. support malian civil society. this is something that should be done now. the fourth would to be ensured the situation is discussed by the atrocity prevention board. what to get to the policies that address the underlying crisis. it is rooted in years of deterioration. the police, at the army, at the parliament. it should have represented them adequately. they turned a black eye. some predatory behavior and lagging indicators countrywide, but especially in the north. this could have mitigated some of those problems. it allowed a dangerous culture. those with ethnic agendas have taken advantage. the united states must support programs. i urge the u.s. to press for a strong humanize component to avoid some of these problems that we have seen in somalia, which failed to adequately monitor human
government to do a few things. push mali to ensure the grievances of all northern residents are heard, not just those who have taken up arms. the second would be it for them to adopt a communications strategy and respond to it. support malian civil society. this is something that should be done now. the fourth would to be ensured the situation is discussed by the atrocity prevention board. what to get to the policies that address the underlying crisis. it is rooted in years of deterioration....
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back with government money. and that government money every year is now playing in to the repayment. and that's why people think that you can cut social security to take the tax dollars out. well, if it was a private insurance company that had that surplus and loaned that surplus to another company, that first company would expect the second company to pay it back. so that cannot part of this equation. social security and the federal money that goes into social security cannot be part of the equation in this fiscal cliff debate. certainly with the expected theme of social security surviving before 2038 before it has reduced benefits, in the very near future, this hall, this great hall has to discuss how to fix that and other great minds in this hall i'm sure can, but it does not need to be part of this debate. this does not have to be a -- it should not be a part of whatever legislation we settle in this last lame-duck session of this congress. mr. garamendi: you're certainly well stating my position and i belie
back with government money. and that government money every year is now playing in to the repayment. and that's why people think that you can cut social security to take the tax dollars out. well, if it was a private insurance company that had that surplus and loaned that surplus to another company, that first company would expect the second company to pay it back. so that cannot part of this equation. social security and the federal money that goes into social security cannot be part of the...
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i have credibility in rating government debt. i worry about them but the most important thing is if we got a substantial down grade, u.s. treasurys would no longer satisfy international banking requirements. this spills over to the way we will run our lives. this is something we should do anyway. guest: when we got downgraded last time, we were told that pension funds would have to dump the securities and they did not. host: guest: john boehner put out a package which was balanced in the sense the president has called for and included a tax increase the president wanted on high-income americans and had substantial spending cuts. why cannot the president do the same thing? guest: those cuts were specified in general terms only. guest: i would love for the president to come in as the general. host: democrats line, good morning. caller: our you doing today? i will be real quick -- this is a joke. every time i see this mr. aikens on tv, i laughed. this guy was with the regime that put us in this mess today. here is talking about soci
i have credibility in rating government debt. i worry about them but the most important thing is if we got a substantial down grade, u.s. treasurys would no longer satisfy international banking requirements. this spills over to the way we will run our lives. this is something we should do anyway. guest: when we got downgraded last time, we were told that pension funds would have to dump the securities and they did not. host: guest: john boehner put out a package which was balanced in the sense...
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government. this is an opportunity for russia to show that that vote was juft, this is an opportunity to show the international community at large you can be a constructive force at a time of great need and you have the capability to do some good. i find it ironic and red lines are talked about, but the red line here is literally red. the line we're crossing is 40,000 people have died. what bothers me is the most we are all fixated on the method of killing, not the killing itself. for over a year, we have been talking about getting involved and need to stop this before it gets out of hand. we want to shape what happens after assad leaves. it will be hard to go to the syrian people when they achieve their freedom and say we would like to help you and they will say, you did little at a time in our debatest need. we have a chance to correct that impression. from an american national security point of view, if we don't secure these chemical weapons, we are going to reget it. the weapons will fall int
government. this is an opportunity for russia to show that that vote was juft, this is an opportunity to show the international community at large you can be a constructive force at a time of great need and you have the capability to do some good. i find it ironic and red lines are talked about, but the red line here is literally red. the line we're crossing is 40,000 people have died. what bothers me is the most we are all fixated on the method of killing, not the killing itself. for over a...
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we can argue about whether we should do it from the federal government or from the state government or from our communities and our chumps but of course we're committed to fulfilling those goals. but we cannot, it is not fair and i argue it is immoral to face the kind of challenges that we're facing and say, you know what, we, the 80% of america, aren't going to help at all. we're already paying 6% of all the bills. there are 80% of us. we're the primary beneficiary. we're paying 6% of all the bills. we don't want to pay more. tax them. that is incredibly dangerous. and anti-theycal to who we are as a republic -- antithetical to who we are as a republic. ben franklin is often cited, if people find they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic. that makes sense. it takes 51% to win an election. if 51% of the people can make sure that 49% have to bear all the burdens and pay all the bills and do all the fighting, then the thore 51% can take the day off. then franklin worried about that over 200 years ago. milton friedman, passed away, by his words are still with
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government was trying do at that time. there was a huge uproar -- and if you listen very carefully it was the sense that i had anyway that the government did not know exactly what it wanted to do. that it was confuse and without a clear sense of direction. but maybe you had a clear sense of direction. >> we had a clear sense and you we told you. you just didn't believe us. at geneva i sat down with a group of anchors -- you were not one of them -- and one of them know, we didn't know this was coming. and i said the president made speech january 16, 1984, this was more than a year and a half before, and most of your people said he was playing politics. he set forth in that speech what he wanted to do. and i think we were very open. it was simply that the press was extraordinari extraordinarily, i would say, concept confidentiskeptical tha knew what he was doing. now, there's another side to public diplomacy and that is how about the soviet union. roz mentioned a very important agreement at geneva that a nuclear war cannot b
government was trying do at that time. there was a huge uproar -- and if you listen very carefully it was the sense that i had anyway that the government did not know exactly what it wanted to do. that it was confuse and without a clear sense of direction. but maybe you had a clear sense of direction. >> we had a clear sense and you we told you. you just didn't believe us. at geneva i sat down with a group of anchors -- you were not one of them -- and one of them know, we didn't know this...
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led and something that government implements. traditional american view. you have voluntarilies and faith based organizations and pta, scouts and the church that help the communitis and be self reliant. that doesn't mean you are on your own. we as individuals reach out to our neighbors by voluntarily and help ourselves when we need help. that needs to be taught again. >> in the last seconds, in 2007, i was in the white house and president obama tried to get the comprehensive immigration bill . senator reid put the stake in that and it went away. now there is calls for comprehensive immigration. >> i am glad you bring back the history. it shows hypochrisy. senator reid and senator obama were against the immigration reform. they want to put edges . they don't want real reform and they could have already done it and right now, the house controlled by the gop, has passed now the stem act. >> which helps to bring science and technology . engineering. >> compres hencive reform. i am skeptical. >> i am skeptical and i am not sure we do
led and something that government implements. traditional american view. you have voluntarilies and faith based organizations and pta, scouts and the church that help the communitis and be self reliant. that doesn't mean you are on your own. we as individuals reach out to our neighbors by voluntarily and help ourselves when we need help. that needs to be taught again. >> in the last seconds, in 2007, i was in the white house and president obama tried to get the comprehensive immigration...
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and here the government has a major role because we give $1.4 billion to the government. we tell him. look, there is a set of conditions we want the transition and you have to understand that human's rights have to be republican respected listen. because he needs that money. >> i want to raise this issue. a lot of people are talking about al qaeda and jordon. >> you didn't get the memo that al qaeda is on the path to defeat. you have these folks on the march. you have the obama administration saying it is going to promote arms. a group that is sworn to our destruction and may end up in the hands of al qaeda as well. that is the real dirty secret here. whether it is benghazigate maybe elsewhere in the gult. gentleman i'm going to leave it there. thank you very much. i appreciate it very much. the tax man cometh january 1st. that is right. get this. every gain you make is going to get hit. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put ri
and here the government has a major role because we give $1.4 billion to the government. we tell him. look, there is a set of conditions we want the transition and you have to understand that human's rights have to be republican respected listen. because he needs that money. >> i want to raise this issue. a lot of people are talking about al qaeda and jordon. >> you didn't get the memo that al qaeda is on the path to defeat. you have these folks on the march. you have the obama...
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critics of kuwait's government claim it turns a blind eye to allegations of widespread corruption and the use of security forces to crush dissenting voices ask for the rule of law so we don't have a law we have a law that is being used whenever the government feels like using the riffs here began years before the arab spring protests but have intensified over a series of political crises the opposition dominated parliament was dismissed earlier this year following a road. the ruling establishment the electoral law was then changed prompting many to boycott kuwait's most recent parliamentary vote the resulting divide is unlikely to be bridged anytime soon and it leaves the monarchy with an energized opposition eager to make itself heard. about the take up this might make you steal your car or right. now or what people are trying to say might take the streets but there are people in the local system they want more freedom more of the right. answer to this one showing that oh it isn't enough to ensure. freedom say in the future and how that future plays out well write the next chapter of
critics of kuwait's government claim it turns a blind eye to allegations of widespread corruption and the use of security forces to crush dissenting voices ask for the rule of law so we don't have a law we have a law that is being used whenever the government feels like using the riffs here began years before the arab spring protests but have intensified over a series of political crises the opposition dominated parliament was dismissed earlier this year following a road. the ruling...
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way it looks like egypt is very sharply divided and it's not the way a sort of a post revolutionary government should be should be one of unity and bringing everybody to table looks like morsi has not made enough concessions to allow for the opposition which has very viable criticisms to actually negotiate at the same table instead turning to his base and turning to those who support him wholeheartedly and and in some cases even blindly do you think that we we might see a civil war unfold and about thirty seconds on my word civil war is very complicated i think addictions are naturally inclined against violence but nevertheless anything can grow out of this if so it would be the first constitutional civil war that i'm aware of in the arab world but it just speaks to the fact that there's real genuine consciousness as far as the options are concerned as far as it pertains to the future of their country so i hope not but you never know a lot of dynamics at play definitely a very complicated situation thank you so much for coming on shedding some light on the situation at dulles kandor professor
way it looks like egypt is very sharply divided and it's not the way a sort of a post revolutionary government should be should be one of unity and bringing everybody to table looks like morsi has not made enough concessions to allow for the opposition which has very viable criticisms to actually negotiate at the same table instead turning to his base and turning to those who support him wholeheartedly and and in some cases even blindly do you think that we we might see a civil war unfold and...
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i mean i agree that the current government in turkey has done a lot compared to previous governments in turkey for what rights of kurdish people but as your second speaker sais there's a long way to go prime minister. feels that he has given a lot to kurdish people any feels the kurds must be quite happy for what they have kids going through right now and they should stop asking for any further rights or they should stop complaining about their mistreatments on as we all know that are over eight thousand political kurdish activists including elected to m.p.'s elected mailers councillors journalist and so on who are in prison who have not been well not been sentenced by the turkish courts yet only recently they were given the basic right to make a statement or a defense in their mother tongue so there's a lot of problems still existing in turkey and kurds are not only students of turkey but there are also millions of kurds who are students of iran who are students of iraq and who are students of syria so it's a very complex matter if turkey of the current government of turkey is keen
i mean i agree that the current government in turkey has done a lot compared to previous governments in turkey for what rights of kurdish people but as your second speaker sais there's a long way to go prime minister. feels that he has given a lot to kurdish people any feels the kurds must be quite happy for what they have kids going through right now and they should stop asking for any further rights or they should stop complaining about their mistreatments on as we all know that are over...
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so deep is just one of hundreds who have suffered in the anti-government protests that started around twenty months ago when revolution fever was sweeping the middle east and north africa descend in bahrain differs little from that in nation swept by the arab spring. but the story never stop it is a belief in different areas against the regime against that dictatorship i didn't stand the situation. one thousand five hundred has another we have. every day we have a lot of. security forces surrounding the area attacking the people at that house and given the outcome of the arab spring of evils bahrain's ruling elite is doing its best to stamp out revolt the government recently slapped a ban on public gatherings bahrain's chief of police says it's not permanent but it is necessary we have introduced a temporary restriction on gatherings and protests and that is. one reason because lately we have seen that these gatherings and protests have been taking more violent. methods and one year we had over four hundred protests in bahrain that's more than one protest but big and we have tried to
so deep is just one of hundreds who have suffered in the anti-government protests that started around twenty months ago when revolution fever was sweeping the middle east and north africa descend in bahrain differs little from that in nation swept by the arab spring. but the story never stop it is a belief in different areas against the regime against that dictatorship i didn't stand the situation. one thousand five hundred has another we have. every day we have a lot of. security forces...
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and its allies are adamant that asaad must go wouldn't removing the syrian government or increase the chances of chemical weapons perhaps ending up in the wrong hands well of course president assad being removed from power is not a policy it's an emotional statement it's an emotional statement that western countries have been put in now for the last two years. you know should president assad and his government fall from power the whole infrastructure of syria will collapse when a government falls from power in wartime everything collapses society collapses and in the events of that happen in then once again yes there's a very realistic possibility that the militants in syria could acquire chemical weapons and of course who would be responsible for that it would be those countries around the world in particular in the region turkey saudi arabia qatar and certain western countries that are doing absolutely everything they can at the moment to weaken the syrian government and this proof of chemical threat is that an excuse for military intervention. well of course the west's interest in
and its allies are adamant that asaad must go wouldn't removing the syrian government or increase the chances of chemical weapons perhaps ending up in the wrong hands well of course president assad being removed from power is not a policy it's an emotional statement it's an emotional statement that western countries have been put in now for the last two years. you know should president assad and his government fall from power the whole infrastructure of syria will collapse when a government...
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the government says that it is doing all it can to maintain stability supporters of the ruling family point out that a boast a robust public life with electoral traditions and a vibrant parliament for youth activists. that's not enough the opposition consists of an unlikely alliance of youth groups hard line islamists and local tribes who are ramping up their calls for reform increasingly they've taken their message to the street where peaceful demonstrations have been met with an iron fist we were beaten up by. the special forces. the sound. and after the march. on the streets just being. critics of kuwait's government claim it turns a blind eye to allegations of widespread corruption and the use of security forces to crush dissenting voices ask for the rule of law so we have a law that is being used whenever the government feels like using the riffs here began years before the arab spring protests but have intensified over a series of political crises the opposition dominated parliament was dismissed earlier this year following a row with the ruling establishment the electoral law w
the government says that it is doing all it can to maintain stability supporters of the ruling family point out that a boast a robust public life with electoral traditions and a vibrant parliament for youth activists. that's not enough the opposition consists of an unlikely alliance of youth groups hard line islamists and local tribes who are ramping up their calls for reform increasingly they've taken their message to the street where peaceful demonstrations have been met with an iron fist we...
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critics of kuwait's government claim it turns a blind eye to alec. widespread corruption and the use of security forces to crush dissenting voices ask for the rule of law so we don't have a law we have a law that is being used whenever the government feels like using it through fear began years before the arab spring protests but have intensified over a series of political crises the opposition dominated parliament was dismissed earlier this year following a row with the ruling establishment the electoral law was then changed prompting many to boycott kuwait's most recent parliamentary vote the resulting divide is unlikely to be bridged anytime soon and it leaves the monarchy with an energized opposition eager to make itself heard. that literature like this was really more current than weeks it was now or what people are trying to i think the street that there are was the political system they want more reality the writing was actually what rights activists want to show us that lho isn't enough in this was true for you if you just say in the future h
critics of kuwait's government claim it turns a blind eye to alec. widespread corruption and the use of security forces to crush dissenting voices ask for the rule of law so we don't have a law we have a law that is being used whenever the government feels like using it through fear began years before the arab spring protests but have intensified over a series of political crises the opposition dominated parliament was dismissed earlier this year following a row with the ruling establishment...
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is sick and unfortunately the government's kill for that is austerity measures and we're going to see we're already seeing the implications of cutting to a health service at a time when it's time to say much pressure and you know these stories i think are really going to keep on coming as we see the effects of. yes sir firth will be there but earlier on tonight there's more a web site r.t. dot com to reporting there moscow preparing now approve the list of americans who allegedly violated human rights that's in response to washington's magnitsky bill that accuses russians of the same when read up more about that's been going back and forth for a while now we've got the latest on our web site also how's this for a killer make it a headline for the wrong reasons apple's the taurus new i phone now labeled life threatening in australia have been misleading travelers wrong towns towns are going to exist in the scorching outback breakdown there you've got problems when we don't know where it's at r.t. dot com. there's unrest on the markets after italy's technocrat prime minister mario monti
is sick and unfortunately the government's kill for that is austerity measures and we're going to see we're already seeing the implications of cutting to a health service at a time when it's time to say much pressure and you know these stories i think are really going to keep on coming as we see the effects of. yes sir firth will be there but earlier on tonight there's more a web site r.t. dot com to reporting there moscow preparing now approve the list of americans who allegedly violated human...
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well it depends on what we mean by challenge the government i think there currently challenging the government by boycotting the elections and said surely in falla dating the entire process making a parliament that has absolutely no real power within the minds of the people i think that is a way of challenging the government but i think to your point whether or not they are able to depose the government that is something very different remember revolutions are not simply about showing strength on the streets they're about seizing power and it still remains to be seen whether or not we're seeing a revolution in the making in kuwait and they could be too many interests at play once the opposition is full and perhaps and seem to be making some sort of progress as we see in other countries where there are too many different factions vying for power. right but again it's important to make a distinction between the kinds of many factions that you see in a place like syria which is totally manufactured and is being used by the western powers to destroy that country and the many factions that we see i
well it depends on what we mean by challenge the government i think there currently challenging the government by boycotting the elections and said surely in falla dating the entire process making a parliament that has absolutely no real power within the minds of the people i think that is a way of challenging the government but i think to your point whether or not they are able to depose the government that is something very different remember revolutions are not simply about showing strength...
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rebels in syria come together under one military command now this is more global calls to prevent the government from using chemical weapons are increasingly seen as a pretext for intervention we examine that and how massive i was to see palestinians liberated as the militant group marks twenty five years in action while israel faces global pressure stop building a wall settle. a low and welcome if you just joined us this is r.t. it's eleven pm here in moscow kevin oh in first egypt's opposition is calling for more protests after president morsi insisted on plowing ahead with a referendum on a new constitution which is viewed by many as discriminatory even his decision to scrap the decree which granted him almost absolute power was dismissed as a play on words area journalist protrudes in cairo she says his unexpected u. turn has failed to ease the tension. it does come as a bit of a surprise at the moment as people were really thinking the president wouldn't move on his stance against the opposition forces demands yesterday and today they had a meeting which was dubbed the national dialogue mee
rebels in syria come together under one military command now this is more global calls to prevent the government from using chemical weapons are increasingly seen as a pretext for intervention we examine that and how massive i was to see palestinians liberated as the militant group marks twenty five years in action while israel faces global pressure stop building a wall settle. a low and welcome if you just joined us this is r.t. it's eleven pm here in moscow kevin oh in first egypt's...
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and that says that any powers that are specifically delegated the federal government are reserved for the states and last time i checked the constitution doesn't have a special weed clause saying that marijuana has to be an all or nothing a national proposal and that goes for abortion and most of the wedge issues also there's a simple answer all these wedge issues just left the states make up their own ma ains but then again without wedge issues what would the mainstream media have to distract us with but that's just my opinion. well for the future science technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've dumped the future covered. the gold fever. turns out since into slaves. my father but also among brothers involved in the mines and since i started working in a mine i stated. multinationals. is a cash cow to be milked dry and if i think that in this country gold medal logie as an environmental cost which is unacceptable no two business was labeled illegal and controlled by criminals you know in order to protect our lives our families and to work in peace. move
and that says that any powers that are specifically delegated the federal government are reserved for the states and last time i checked the constitution doesn't have a special weed clause saying that marijuana has to be an all or nothing a national proposal and that goes for abortion and most of the wedge issues also there's a simple answer all these wedge issues just left the states make up their own ma ains but then again without wedge issues what would the mainstream media have to distract...
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officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles what possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line how does america the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the syrian government's alleged plans citing secret intelligence for fox news confirms that syrian troops now have the deadly nerve agent sarin gas weaponized and at the ready the syrian government flatly denied the possibility saying it would not use such weapons against its people. we would not commit suicide we feel there's a conspiracy to provide a pretext for any subsequent interventions in syria by these countries during creasing pressure on syria the syrian government sure knows that if they use chemical weapons it would give nato and some of their arab neighbors who ar
officials said intelligence agencies have detected that assad's government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles what possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line how does america the media quickly picked up...
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rebels in syria come together under one military command meantime more global calls to prevent the government from using chemical weapons are increasingly seen as a pretext for intervention we examine that this hour and see how massive vows to see palestinians liberated as the militant group marks twenty five years of action while israel faces growing international pressure to stop building more settlements . hello and a very warm welcome to if you just joined us is what i am here in moscow my name is kevin owen and you with r.t. the egyptian opposition announced it will boycott the referendum on the new constitution there saying the document fails to represent the whole nation president morsi has ordered the military to maintain security until after saturday's vote on the disputed draft is viewed by many as discriminatory jenna's spell trues got more from cairo. the national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces how the press conference they express their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say enforces dictatorial tendencies and the key
rebels in syria come together under one military command meantime more global calls to prevent the government from using chemical weapons are increasingly seen as a pretext for intervention we examine that this hour and see how massive vows to see palestinians liberated as the militant group marks twenty five years of action while israel faces growing international pressure to stop building more settlements . hello and a very warm welcome to if you just joined us is what i am here in moscow my...
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in the u.k. a drug bill that could give the government access to people's internet activities bought the privacy concerns of the home secretary layering everyone close to it as terrorists and people files. and israel furiously rebuffed the u.n. calls to reveal the truth about its nuclear program using your knowledge it has a tomic weapons are provided proof it doesn't. you're watching live from moscow with me to say opposition groups in egypt have issued a set of demands to the country's president mohamed morsi aimed at scrapping his latest political drives this follows a fierce standoff outside the presidential palace in cairo which reportedly forced the egyptian leader to lead the building kyra based reporter beltran has more. i was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in this suburb of cairo when they got there they were greeted by police behind barbed wire and really i mean speaking of the protesters they felt like they wanted to protest the walls of the presidential pala
in the u.k. a drug bill that could give the government access to people's internet activities bought the privacy concerns of the home secretary layering everyone close to it as terrorists and people files. and israel furiously rebuffed the u.n. calls to reveal the truth about its nuclear program using your knowledge it has a tomic weapons are provided proof it doesn't. you're watching live from moscow with me to say opposition groups in egypt have issued a set of demands to the country's...
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our government treated him like a hero and welcome and you know it's crocker you here gave him a job right and we got harvard right so the administration welcomes critics of other governments and then persecute people that speak up about you know people that point out that the emperor here may be a little threadbare on the backside get persecuted and prosecuted and you know belittled and broken and bankrupted. for telling the truth and you're not just somebody exercising your freedom of speech you're somebody who has devoted years if not decades to military service of this writer and talk a little bit about sort of the evolution that you have gone through as not only an american but as an american who served in the u.s. military well i served for twenty five years because you know we take an oath to defend the constitution and i believe in the constitution i think most citizens think our constitutional rights record of being granted and it's disappointing when you exercise want to find out is carved in sandstone instead i mean i think the rights are absolute as long as you don't use
our government treated him like a hero and welcome and you know it's crocker you here gave him a job right and we got harvard right so the administration welcomes critics of other governments and then persecute people that speak up about you know people that point out that the emperor here may be a little threadbare on the backside get persecuted and prosecuted and you know belittled and broken and bankrupted. for telling the truth and you're not just somebody exercising your freedom of speech...
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cannot afford to be seem to be weak in dealing with china obviously a higher power with government. over two hundred billion barrels of oil and large amounts of natural gas that's more than the vast majority of the world's energy rich nations have all hidden under the south china sea china claims most of the territory for itself but india has also managed to get access by buying a stake in a vietnamese gas field shortly after hanoi accused chinese boss of sandwich dodging exploration india warned it's ready to use force to defend its interests hopefully as i said the should not be leading to a longer term conflict but it's inevitable because both these countries now large ambitions of becoming global actors and players both china and india have been pumping billions of u.s. dollars into their armies and navies holding drools on a regular basis and beijing has also announced its police will soon start to board and inspect foreign vessels surely the vast oil reserves in the south china sea are just too big of a cash for now they're trying out we're here to pass out was it really worth
cannot afford to be seem to be weak in dealing with china obviously a higher power with government. over two hundred billion barrels of oil and large amounts of natural gas that's more than the vast majority of the world's energy rich nations have all hidden under the south china sea china claims most of the territory for itself but india has also managed to get access by buying a stake in a vietnamese gas field shortly after hanoi accused chinese boss of sandwich dodging exploration india...